Countries
India, Pakistan
Iraq, Kurdistan
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Middle East
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Interesting Facts
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Farsi Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4433
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
178
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2729
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum
Silaw
Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
Sipas
How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
Şev xweş
Good Evening
سہا مسا
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
Bayanit bash
Please
مهربانی کر
Bê zehmet
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
Bibûre
Bye
Khuda hāfiz
Be xêr çî
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Poguli
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
6,100,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rambani
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
India
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
5,600,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
5.60 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.05 %0.31 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
5.42 million21.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million20.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
Kurdî, کوردی
French Name
kashmiri
kurde
German Name
Kaschmiri
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
Kurds
Origin
12th Century
16th century CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Standard Forms
Kashmiri
Kurdish
Language Position
2314
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Kurdish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ks
ku
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kas
kur
ISO 639 2/B
kas
kur
ISO 639 3
kas
kur
ISO 639 6
kas
kur
Glottocode
kash1277
kurd1259
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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